Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
In my head while hiking around Muir Woods this weekend, I wrote an extensive newsletter about the importance of David Letterman, amending it last night to discuss the importance of Mickey Rooney. But then my sons wouldn’t go to sleep, and my 9-11 PM office hours were full of eager students with questions, and this morning I have an appointment with my favorite dental hygienist, so I will let you imagine what I am neglecting to write. As you imagine, reflect on Rooney’s more than 300 films and TV programs, and Letterman’s sustaining wit.
My book Where’s Jukie? was published last week. All the money Kate and I make from sales of this books of poetry and essays will be donated to the Smith-Lemli-Opitz Foundation, so I hope each member of your team will bring an extra $10 to buy a copy tonight. We will be signing them after the Quiz (or before, if you arrive early enough). We will also be hosting a book-release party and reading on April 19th at the John Natsoulas Gallery.
Tonight’s Pub Quiz will feature questions about Mickey Rooney and David Letterman, as well as wits, education, wardrobes, Viacom, moons, water, YouTube, Pakistan, virgins who make much of time, bicycles, the cost of living and spending, rock and roll, people with the initials of KD, grandkids, hilarious chemistry, authors famous for accomplishments other than book-writing, perches, eternities, veteran journalists, my favorite musicians, Abraham Lincoln, familiar but inexplicable anagrams, dangerous moves, feminism, John Lescroart’s May 2014 publication, tall people, Samuel Beckett, puns on “nightfall,” world capitals, musical instruments, young adults, guns, California notables, baseball, basketball, and Shakespeare. You should know that our book Where’s Jukie? is only $10, with all profits being donated to charity.
See you tonight!
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Here are five questions from last week’s quiz:
- Internet Culture. 30% of Americans now get their news from WHAT?
- Great Americans. MIT researchers recently analyzed data (including Wikipedia page views, among other things) in order to determine the “global popularity of historical characters.” According to the San Francisco Chronicle, which American man, neither a musician nor a president, was number one?
- TV Anniversaries. Still running today, what game show premiered on NBC on March 30, 1964?
- Pop Culture – Music. The oldest woman to top the Hot 100 did so in 1999 at the age of 52 years, 9 months, and it isn’t Madonna. What is her name?
- Great Americans. Where did President Barack Obama attend law school?
P.S. Special thank to Ted who guest-quizmastered last week’s Quiz.